John Halligan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Department is currently preparing a project brief. To be quite frank, I do not know when the brief will be completed but I have been told that it will be put in place by the year's end.

I can say that officials from the Department contacted the school's principal during the summer months about the project brief for the school, the school's long-term project and projected staffing requirements. I am not sure why that information did not filter through to the Senators.